Henri Cartier-Bresson citáty

Henri Cartier-Bresson byl francouzský fotograf považovaný za zakladatele moderní fotožurnalistiky. Jeho přístup k zachycení „rozhodujícího okamžiku“ ovlivnil mnoho následujících generací fotografů. Tak jako Willy Ronis a Robert Doisneau se řadí k francouzskému hnutí tzv. fotografického humanismu. Wikipedia  

✵ 22. srpen 1908 – 3. srpen 2004
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“Sometimes a single event can be so rich in itself and its facets that it is necessary to move all around it in your search for the solution to the problems it poses — for the world is movement, and you cannot be stationary in your attitude toward something that is moving.”

Henri Cartier-Bresson kniha The Decisive Moment

The Decisive Moment (1952), p. i; also in The Mind's Eye (1999)
Kontext: The picture-story involves a joint operation of the brain, the eye and the heart. The objective of this joint operation is to depict the content of some event which is in the process of unfolding, and to communicate impressions. Sometimes a single event can be so rich in itself and its facets that it is necessary to move all around it in your search for the solution to the problems it poses — for the world is movement, and you cannot be stationary in your attitude toward something that is moving. Sometimes you light upon the picture in seconds; it might also require hours or days. But there is no standard plan, no pattern from which to work.

“I hate looking at photography books or illustrated magazines. This is not because of contempt. I’d rather look at contact sheets: that is where you can sense the individual.”

Zdroj: Henri Cartier-Bresson: Interviews and Conversations, 1951-1998, Only Geometricians May Enter: Interview with Yves Bourde (1974), p. 62

“The picture-story involves a joint operation of the brain, the eye and the heart.”

Henri Cartier-Bresson kniha The Decisive Moment

The Decisive Moment (1952), p. i; also in The Mind's Eye (1999)
Kontext: The picture-story involves a joint operation of the brain, the eye and the heart. The objective of this joint operation is to depict the content of some event which is in the process of unfolding, and to communicate impressions. Sometimes a single event can be so rich in itself and its facets that it is necessary to move all around it in your search for the solution to the problems it poses — for the world is movement, and you cannot be stationary in your attitude toward something that is moving. Sometimes you light upon the picture in seconds; it might also require hours or days. But there is no standard plan, no pattern from which to work.

“We had a certain idea of our work, a respect for others, and above all, [we were determined] not to be paparazzi. For the photographer, curiosity is essential, the terrible counterpart is indiscretion, which is a lack of restraint.”

Zdroj: Henri Cartier-Bresson: Interviews and Conversations, 1951-1998, Photographing Is Nothing, Looking Is Everything! Interview with Philippe Boegner (1989), p. 115

“You have to look, and looking is so difficult. We are used to thinking. We reflect all the time, well or not, but people are not taught how to look. It takes a very long time.”

Zdroj: Henri Cartier-Bresson: Interviews and Conversations, 1951-1998, The Main Thing Is Looking: Interview with Alain Desvergnes (1979), p. 70

“I am a visual man. I watch, watch, watch. I understand things through my eyes.”

"An island of pleasure gond adrift" in LIFE magazine (15 March 1963), p. 42

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